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This is one award an architect probably would not want to win. The Carbuncle Cup has been going since 2006, and it awards Britain’s ugliest new building of the year.

The Carbuncle Cup is said to have come from a quote from Prince Charles, who called Richard Rogers’ proposed extension of London’s National Gallery a “monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend".

It is given by the magazine Building Design to "The ugliest building in the UK built in the last 12 months". The first winner of the prize was the Drake Circus shopping centre in Plymouth, and the ugliest buildings are shortlisted by the public.

A Carbuncle is, according to the NHS is “A collection of boils that develop in a group of hair follicles under the skin”. Not a nice thing to have your building compared to, then.

Here is the shortlist for this year.

Vauxhall Tower- "could have been better"

This 50 storey high building is at the southern end of London's Vauxhall Bridge. It's the tallest building on the shortlist, and the chief executive of the group which designed it said that the design "could have been better".

Woolwich Central- "a flawed project"

This apartment development was the most commented-on in the shortlist. None of the comments were positive. The website is optimistic, saying that it has a "friendly community atmosphere", however Alex Grant, Greenwich council's former head of planning, admitted that it was" an obstacle on Woolwich's road to recovery." What do you think?

Chancellor's building, University of Bath- "No subtlety or elegance"

This building was described by the University as "a dramatic new hub of learning.". The judges were less kind, arguing that "The essence of Bath is elegance and proportion, this building lacks neither."

Unite Stratford City- "utterly grotesque"

The BD readership commented that this building, which comprises student housing, was "utterly grotesque" and suggested that we "take off and nuke it from orbit".

QN7 Flats- "gross overdevelopment:"

Trinity Square- The most nominated building on the shortlist

This building replaced an iconic 1960s brutalist carpark and includes student accommodation, a cinema, a shopping centre and bars. Carbuncle Cup judge Owen Luder and architect of the carpark which was demolished to make room for this building commented: "Whatever you thought of the car park, this project is much worse".